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jonesey95 commented on the word virguncule
Definition: noun, a young virgin. (from the OED)
Example: "Mainly architectural, the beauties of Oxford. True, the place is no longer one-sexed. There are the virguncules of Somerville and Lady Margaret's Hall; but beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied." - Zuleika Dobson, by Max Beerbohm.
(The only citation in the OED is from this book; it is listed in the OED as a "nonce-word".)
June 6, 2012
bilby commented on the word virguncule
He may have drawn on the Italian suffix, -uncolo, a diminuitive with negative connotations.
June 7, 2012